Membership number

[mazmonza]

If we have one how do I find my membership number ?

[Lorsar]

For this website? No, there is no number.  If you look at your account you will see status and expiration date.  Why are you looking for a membership number?

[mazmonza]

I have one for Mercedes club I wasn't  sure if we had one for Pagoda group

[Cees Klumper]

I know mine is 007 ;-)

To clarify, when we got started way back in 2002 I asked our membership administrator at the time, Richard Madison, if I could have # 007 and he did give that to me. I believe Joe Alexander got 0017. Probably don't exist anymore, these membership numbers?

[Peter van Es]

Actually, they do. They just don't mean much. If you click on Profile (or any member's name to the left of their post) to see your membership details, and then put your mouse on the URL you will see a number at the end of the string, after 'u='.

https://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=7

That is your membership number. Cees does indeed have the number 7 (leading zeroes are dropped). Mazmona is 4329.
Membership numbers are assigned sequentially in order of joining. However, lapsed memberships and unused memberships are deleted after a while as we comply with data protection regulations. That means that the sequence is no longer contiguous.

Peter

[mdsalemi]

Actually, they do. They just don't mean much.

Hmmm...

Maybe we CAN make them mean something! With tongue firmly planted in cheek, remember that the question was first posed here recently, by someone from the fair Isles. This is the place where auctions for number plates can go into the THOUSANDS or TENS OF THOUSANDS of pounds sterling.

Maybe there's a way to monetize this...

Membership #113 for sale! 

[rwmastel]

Peter,
Thanks for the guidance!  After letting my membership expire several times over the years, I wondered if my number had changed.  I guess with each renewal, I reinstated myself in time.  Still #8.

Mike,
"Tounge in cheek" disclaimers won't stop us from exploring the idea!  I don't know who #113 is, but that's the only number I can think of that anyone would pay for.  Maybe #1, if that founding member would sell.  Maybe people with low VINs might want a membership number to match? Would it be a pure member to member transaction, or would the Group take a cut?

[DavidAPease]

I tried to load the profile for user #113, and it doesn't exist, so I guess it's up for grabs.   

I was curious about my own number, and it seems that I got Joe's number; I'm number 17.

        -David

[mazmonza]

Thanks for the information Peter

[Peter van Es]

"Tounge in cheek" disclaimers won't stop us from exploring the idea!  I don't know who #113 is, but that's the only number I can think of that anyone would pay for.  Maybe #1, if that founding member would sell.

#1 is the admin account of this forum. Not a founding member but needed to set-up and administer the forum itself.
Then Richard Madison got added to help test... and the rest were converted in sequence from the previous incarnation of the forum.
And no, I'm not gonna create a trading for membership number facility. That membership number gets used internally in the database in millions of places...

id_member	member_name	registration_date	real_name
1	admin	2002-12-22 21:08:10	admin
3	280SL71	2002-12-23 04:09:14	Richard Madison
7	cees klumper	2003-01-06 16:56:52	Cees Klumper
8	rwmastel	2003-01-06 21:37:54	rwmastel
9	Tom	2003-01-11 23:56:04	Tom
16	ghenne	2003-02-18 16:01:12	ghenne
17	DavidAPease	2003-02-18 16:23:13	DavidAPease
44	vanesp	2003-02-20 10:16:53	Peter van Es
52	hands_aus	2003-02-21 03:35:06	hands_aus
56	Douglas	2003-02-21 16:43:28	Douglas
58	mbzse	2003-02-21 17:36:57	mbzse
60	ja17	2003-02-22 01:51:34	ja17
66	JimVillers	2003-02-23 12:14:50	JimVillers
75	gugel	2003-02-24 12:34:46	gugel
105	dirianghen	2003-03-05 11:13:11	Ray Ortiz
111	naj	2003-03-06 04:14:06	Naj ☨
116	ricoled	2003-03-07 01:17:04	ricoled
120	ted280sl	2003-03-10 13:14:01	ted280sl
129	gwuisman	2003-03-15 14:13:16	gwuisman
142	114015	2003-04-03 10:14:02	114015
143	Tobacco	2003-04-04 07:58:17	tobacco

[mdsalemi]

And no, I'm not gonna create a trading for membership number facility.

Thank you!

[Rahul]

Threads like this highlight the incredible effort put into creating this resource for current and future owners - it really is impressive that many of the founding members are still active today, after 20 years, and so generous with their time.

Thanks to all involved in ensuring its continued operation, I know I'd have been completely lost without it!